Roger Feenstra

Celebrating our Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary in 2025

Solvang, California

Road Trip 2025 | Branson, Missouri

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Here’s a glimpse into my journey: I graduated with High Honors from Moody Bible Institute in 2006, earning a Bachelor of Science in Biblical Studies. My academic path also took me through Riverside Community College, Biola University, and Babson College, where I received a certificate in Strategic Planning and Management in Retailing.

My professional life began at 17 when I joined the U.S. Coast Guard in the early 1970s. I served our country for four years; two of them on board the USCGC Glacier, making two trips to the Antarctica and one to the Arctic.

My ship, USCGC Glacier in the McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. 1972-1974.

USCGC Glacier, my home for two years, navigating through Antarctic ice. With its two inch steel hull, the Glacier could break through ice up to seven feet thick.

In 1980, I embarked on a 25-year career with a national retail bookstore chain, eventually becoming its president in 2000, moving from California to Ohio; a role I held for four years. We moved back to California where I went into full-time ministry in 2004, serving as the Executive Director and CEO of Hope Now For Youth until 2018 and pastor of Hope Now Bible Church until 2024.

Currently, I am retired. In other words, my time is my own! I do some reading and writing, exercising, woodworking, gardening, and spending time with family and grandchildren.

My wife, Carol, is a retired Registered Nurse who has made significant contributions to our family and community. She taught the Bible to children in our Hope Now Bible Church Sunday School and authored a Bible study workbook for elementary-age children. Carol continues her educational outreach by teaching a weekly Good News Club. Carol sews dresses for the Dress a Girl Around the World ministry.

We were married in 1975 (Fifty years!) and have two married daughters and eight grandchildren (Six grandsons and two granddaughters).

Celebrating our 50th Anniversary dinner in Solvang, where we spent our honeymoon in 1975.

Click here for a list of the books I am reading, or I plan to read in 2025.